A product designer for Keysfactory has let fly with a tweet which may or may not have inadvertently leaked the release date of Nintendo’s 3DS: November 20th.
| Read more »Let's face it: Sometimes you send an e-mail that you fully intend to convey anger or annoyance. But text communication is rife with misunderstandings, and often an e-mail with perfectly pleasant intentions can lead to a lot of upset coworkers. That's what ToneCheck, aims to address.
| Read more »Nokias annual convention, the Nokia World 2010 is on a full swing today in London, with the Finnish mobile giant unwrapping surprises from its goodie bag. Amongst all the other announcements from new phones to Ovi Store updates, Angry Birds and new Nokia browser, the company also startled the audience by revealing some interesting shipment statistics for its smartphones, across the globe.
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So all those who thought Nokia had lost the smartphone game and needed to overhaul its product lineup, might want to think again. According to the company, Nokia moves around 260,000 smartphones a day, pretty ahead of the two competitors it has always been accused of losing to. If some recent stats are to be believed, Apple ships somewhere around 80,000 iPhones per day, and Android activate 200,000 devices per day.
So now you can imagine Nokia grinning at your face for talking foul about it.
Besides, another interesting announcement from the stage comes...
Canon claimed ownership of the longest-ranged point-and-shoot camera tonight through the debut of the PowerShot SX30 IS. The camera thrives on a new 35X, 24-840mm equivalent lens and has extra hardware to compensate for the exaggerated shake. Its image stabilization can compensate to the equivalent of four to five stop, and it includes both a regular ultra-low dispersion lens element as well as a second with a high refractive index to minimize chromatic aberration at the far end of the zoom range....
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| Read more »After an accidental reveal last month, Canon tonight stepped up to take on Nikon by revealing the PowerShot G12. It uses the same upgrades that came to the smaller S95 in August and shares its Hybrid IS advanced stabilization as well as the multi-shot high dynamic range mode. For the first time, a G series camera shoots HD and here records in the S95's 720p with HDMI output....
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| Read more »In this post you will find wonderful examples of the Selective Color technique and also a useful video tutorial to show you how to produce a selective color effect in post processing.
| Read more »Great GUI set for Android ready for download, totally free, top quality files, including fully editable Photoshop sources.
| Read more »A new ad from Amazon pokes fun at the outdoor viewing capabilities of devices like the iPad while highlighting the low price of the third-generation Kindle.
The intent of the semantic web is to enhance the usability and usefulness of the internet and its interconnected resources.
| Read more »Just as the MPAA is preparing to offer movies to customers at home while they're still in theaters by limiting playback to DRM-protected digital outputs only, the HDCP protocol they rely on may have been cracked wide open. All devices that support HDCP, like Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and displays with HDMI inputs, have their own set of keys to encrypt and decrypt protected data and if keys for a particular device are compromised, they can be revoked by content released in the future which will then refuse to play. Now, posts have been floating around on Twitter about a supposed "master key" which renders that protection unusable since it allows anyone to create their own source and sink keys.
Who discovered this and by what technique isn't immediately clear, but as early as 2001 security researcher Niels Ferguson proposed that it could be easily revealed by knowing the keys of less than 50 different devices. Hardware HDCP rippers like the HDfury2 and DVIMAGIC have been...
| Read more »Just as the MPAA is preparing to offer movies to customers at home while they're still in theaters by limiting playback to DRM-protected digital outputs only, the HDCP protocol they rely on may have been cracked wide open. All devices that support HDCP, like Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and displays with HDMI inputs, have their own set of keys to encrypt and decrypt protected data and if keys for a particular device are compromised, they can be revoked by content released in the future which will then refuse to play. Now, posts have been floating around on Twitter about a supposed "master key" which renders that protection unusable since it allows anyone to create their own source and sink keys.
Who discovered this and by what technique isn't immediately clear, but as early as 2001 security researcher Niels Ferguson proposed that it could be easily revealed by knowing the keys of less than 50 different devices. Hardware HDCP rippers like the HDfury2 and DVIMAGIC have been...
| Read more »The online Apple Store now displays details of the new 27-inch Cinema Display on its Configure your Mac page, a sign that the display may be close to shipping.
September 13 marks the ten year milestone since Apple introduced the first Mac OS X beta to the general public. The operating system helped push a turnaround for the company, which had faced troubling times in the '90s. Mac OS X emerged as a focal point after several years of restructuring under three different CEOs....
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| Read more »OCZ's RevoDrive X2 is a PCI Express-based SSD that features four Sandforce controllers in what‚Äôs essentially a 4-way RAID. The killer SSD punches out over 700MB/sec in performance and yes, it's bootable.
| Read more »Over half of the 77 million Americans who play mobile games in the U.S. do so on an iOS device, a new survey reports.
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| Read more »The iPad may be on track to become Apple's second highest source of revenue within the next several years, according to a projection published by analyst Daniel Tello. The outlook does not anticipate any cannibalization of the Mac segment, as Apple's computer sales are expected to keep climbing through the foreseeable future....
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| Read more »Apple's promised 27-inch Cinema Display may finally be ready to ship as Apple has quietly updated the Apple Store to make references to the new screen. Where the Mac Pro's build-to-order page described both the 24- and 30-inch displays, it now only mentions the 27-inch model. The purchasing options still only allow the older displays for now....
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| Read more »Here are two interesting stats about iOS gaming to round out your Monday. First up, a new industry survey says that 40.1 million people in the US are playing games on Apple's mobile devices -- that's over half of the 77 million strong total gaming audience. That's a huge market share, especially considering this platform has only existed for a few years.
By comparison, Sony's PSP system only has an audience of around 18 million, and Nintendo's DS audience in the States sits at 41 million. We've talked about sales of all of those systems before, but the same survey says that while two-thirds of gamers will pay for games on traditional handhelds, a much smaller percentage will pay for games on the iDevices (only 45% on iPhone and iPod touch, and only 32% on iPad).
Not that apps aren't bringing money in -- Parks Associates also says that...
| Read more »From world-class hospitality to medical rehabilitation, iPad is helping to transform the way businesses work. See how Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, RehabCare, and other organizations are using iPad to improve the way they get business done.
| Read more »Watch this video profile to see how the Mac has changed the way teachers teach and students learn in the Greene County school system in rural North Carolina. A new project-based curriculum has engaged and motivated students, and college-going rates have risen dramatically.
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Squatting on app names in Apple's App Store has, until now, been rather simple to pull off. After an initial $99 fee, any person could reserve as many application names as they wanted with no fear of repercussions. Apple has changed that with a new policy, and has now apparently begun to enforce it.
The policy reads something like this: if you don't upload a binary within 90 days of staking your claim, you get a letter. If there's no binary a month after the initial letter, Apple reclaims the name and deletes your app from iTunes Connect.
We first became aware of the new policy when developer Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater Software posted the...
| Read more »We test and rank the best Google Android apps for handsets including the Motorola Droid, HTC Hero and HTC Incredible.
| Read more »Consumer Reports responded negatively to Apple's discontinuation of the free iPhone 4 case program, refusing to recommend the iPhone 4.
Disney-ABC executive vice president Albert Cheng has criticized HTML5 technology, which he claims is still "not ready" for his company, according to a Business Insider report. While addressing attendees at the Appnation conference, the executive cited the lack of advertising support as a primary reason for staying away from HTML5....
Did you buy one of those "quasi-RAID" storage devices over the last few years? You know, the ones that tried to squeeze a few hard disks into a shiny silver box and call it RAID? In many cases, those devices simply implemented RAID 0 (block-level striping without parity or mirroring) as a way to create a big drive out of two or more smaller drives. If one drive fails, the entire array is toast.
Well, Data Robotics wants to save Mac users from that harrowing experience by offering to "Upgrade your RAID." Until the end of the month of September, you can trade in a qualifying device (which will be sent to a reputable electronics recycler) and receive 10% off of a DroboPro or DroboElite,...
| Read more »CNET TV's Brian Tong takes a look at the latest in Apple news, rumors, tips, and tricks. This week Apple outsells Nintendo, Ping isn't quite as social as expected, and you'll learn how to display your iPad on a larger screen.
| Read more »The recent iPhone and iPod update to iOS 4.1 has created quality problems with built-in car audio systems that owners describe as "scratchy, crackly" and bringing periodic micro-dropouts, according to reports on various sites including Apple's own discussion forums. The problem seems to affect several different makes of automobile and models of iPhone and iPod Touch that are connected to various receivers via USB....
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| Read more »CopperCube, the 3D editor for creating Mac, 3D Flash, WebGL, and Windows applications has been updated to version 2. This new release adds new behaviors for creating Artificial Intelligence controlled enemies and characters in your application with a few clicks, undo and redo functionality, layers and folders, fullscreen mode for flash 3D, improved WebGL rendering [...]
| Read more »Here's a local report from Newmarket, Ontario in Canada, where Apple opened up a brand new store at the Upper Canada Mall over the weekend. Apparently hundreds of people were in line for the opening on Saturday morning, trying to get the iPhone 4 as well as all of the new iPod devices. Everybody involved sounds pretty happy, from the people who got in line starting at 4:30am, to the manager of the new store and the landlord in the mall itself. Then again, maybe that's their Canadian friendliness coming through.
Good for Newmarket -- Toronto was one of the closest stores to the town, but now the folks up there will have to travel 60 fewer kilometers to get their Apple fix. Congrats on the new store, eh?
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| Read more »Long-time accessory maker Kensington has debuted new cases, chargers and car accessories for the iPhone 4 and iPad, including a case for each that includes a built-in battery pack intended to dramatically extend the active use time available for either device. Also included is a hands-free holder for the iPhone, along with combo chargers and USB hubs for both devices....
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| Read more »Drahtwerk has released iWebcamera 2.0, an update to its app that turns your iPhone into a driver-based webcamera. New in iWebcamera 2.0 is full support for the iPhone 4's Retina display as well as its front-facing camera.
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Proloquo2Go (US$189.99) is the most fully featured augmentative and alternative communication device (AAC) we've yet covered. It provides iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad owners who do not have the ability to speak well enough to be understood (and that number is estimated to be 2.5 million Americans alone) a fully functional and quite customizable solution that rivals stand-alone devices that can cost up to $8,000. This is a universal app, and as such, it takes full advantage of the iPad screen. It's really quite a marvel. Its developer, AssistiveWare, was one of the first to release apps for the assistive technology community, and they do a great job of...
| Read more »New domestic sales data shows Apple is on pace to sell as many as 3.8 million Macs in the September quarter, up 23 percent from the same period a year ago.
iPad owners looking for CBS News content now have a free app for that. CBS is following the lead of ABC News with an app that caters to the dimensions of the iPad. The CBS News app features an easy to use interface that includes stories, images, videos, and even various CBS News Twitter feeds.
Like much of TV news, there is a lot of stuff, but not much depth. Stories usually run just a few paragraphs, but sometimes there is some more welcome detail.
Many of the videos are from CBS owned CNET, but they are tech specific and appear to be there as filler. There is no local news, other than your local temperature, and every time you quit the app and come back in, you have to tell the app to use your local location. That's just dumb.
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| Read more »Mozilla, which launched the latest beta of Firefox 4 last week, has started to drop features from the still-under-construction browser.
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Welcome to The Loop Picks for this week. The apps showcased here are Mac software applications found in Bodega that the editors of The Loop found interesting, useful or cool. I hope you enjoy this week’s choices. Clicking on one of the apps listed below will open the Bodega app and give you more information [...]
| Read more »The HTC Droid Incredible will be moving from the AMOLED screens to the SLCD screens.
| Read more »Apple announced on Friday that it would end its free case program for the iPhone 4 on October 1st, and Consumer Reports ¬†has issued a statement condemning the move as unacceptable. The magazine iterated its decision to continue to not recommend the iPhone 4 until Apple issues a permanent fix for what it says are reception issues on the device.
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HP recently announced two new wireless, Web-connected All-in-One printers that provide features that are sure to make Apple owners happy. The printers, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A e-All-in-One series (above at left, starting at US$299, currently available with a rebate for just $229) and Officejet 7500A Wide-Format e-All-in-One (above at right, starting at $299, not currently shown on the US HP website) feature connectivity to the Web, which allows them to print from various services without needing to fire up a computer to do the printing. Here's a quick look at some of the unique (and some not-so-unique) features:
I tried to update my iOS apps today using iTunes and was greeted with this error. Given that I had told iTunes to update all of the 60+ apps it told me were out of date, this was hardly helpful.
There are a lot of things wrong with this error message. First of all, it gives me absolutely no idea which app is not available. Second, I had asked iTunes which apps needed to be updated, and it told me that this Mystery App was out of date. How can it be out of date if it isn't available at all? Third, after telling me that this one application wasn't available, iTunes failed to update the other 60+ applications.
The prospect of manually updating them all was fairly annoying. As I looked through all of the apps shown on the Update page, I realized that one of the apps didn't have the "Update Now" button next to it, and deduced that was the app causing the problem. I went into the main list of...
| Read more »CBS News has a new iPad app, splitting things up into "News" and "Shows" and offering a sea of thumbnails for each. You can save stories for offline reading and watch some full episodes right in the app. Free. [iTunes]
| Read more »Most optical discs are a standard 12cm in diameter, are round, and besides some potential manufacturing incompatibilities with certain optical drives, are expected to load and be recognized in most systems. Despite this, some companies will distribute device drivers or other content on mini or oddly shaped optical discs.
| Read more »John and Dave have put together a fantastic show for you this week. They talk about how to verify Time Machine backups, managing swap ‚Äî and sleep ‚Äî files on your Mac, how and why to create a new user test account, checking your power consumption, how to use multiple sets of speakers simultaneously, throttling bandwidth on your (or someone else‚Äôs Mac) and lots lots more. Download today for free and enjoy!
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From MooCowMusic comes the latest iteration of their renowned iPad app, Pianist Pro 1.5 (£5.99). Most notably, Pianist Pro now incorporates the MIDI Mobilizer technology from Line 6, enabling Pianist Pro on your iPad, with the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer adapter (£45) or wirelessly over Wi-Fi, to be used as a MIDI controller as well as connecting with your existing MIDI devices and your DAW.
Pianist Pro has been extended further to work seamlessly with MIDI. Two of Its best features, the programmable arpeggiator and the Scale Piano (allowing for scales to be soloed with the swipe of a finger), are both now MIDI compatible, making the functionality of these features applicable to other MIDI devices. Pianist Pro becomes more than just a passive keyboard.
The built-in sampled sounds can also be used with an external...
| Read more »There's a significant controversy over the value of games that are designed to improve people's mental faculties, as some studies have indicated that brain training only helps prepare you for similar tasks, while others indicate that general improvements are possible. But there turns out to be a type of game that is known to boost a variety of skills, from decision making to tracking multiple objects: standard action games. A study, released today by Current Biology attempts to explain how these video games can produce such wide-ranging improvements.
The authors of the study argue that the root of all these tasks involves making a probabilistic inference, where complete information is missing, so people have to make a best guess based on known odds. Video gaming, in their view, increases the efficiency at which people can process the odds and make an accurate decisiongamers simply can do more with less. As a result, any task of this sort sees benefits.
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| Read more »The Little App Factory is proud to present Ringtones. Create high-quality ringtones for your iPhone from any portion of a DRM-free song in your music library and send them directly to iTunes with unprecedented ease. Save 20% by using our Daring Fireball coupon, DF2010RING, and for a limited time this coupon can also be used to save an additional 12% off the TLAF Software Passport. TLAF Software Passport is the most affordable way to obtain a serial for each App Factory product.
| Read more »Its always been an uphill battle to bring social media to larger companies and organizations. In the case of Dilberts company, that uphill battle is more like a mountain.Our favorite white-collared comic strip has taken on Twitter and tackled the lost iPhone 4 prototype, but Scott Adams has made the subject of todays comic the strict and sometimes-arcane restrictions big corporations have on social media use in the workplace.Beth, the companys new social media marketing manager, has her work cut out for her, though. How is she going to promote the company when Facebook and Twitter are banned at work via Friendster? At least she isnt banned from blogging, though were pretty sure it wouldnt take long for the company to block that too.What kind of rules for social media do you have at your office?[via Social Times]More About: dilbert, facebook, Marketing manager, social media, twitterFor more Social Media coverage:Follow Mashable Social Media on TwitterBecome a Fan on...
| Read more »Kensington has debuted its new PowerBack Battery Case, Wall Pack Duo Charger, and PowerBolt Duo Car Charger for the Apple iPad. The PowerBack Battery Case is a play-though case featuring an integrated 4400mAh battery good for up to five extra hours of use, a Micro USB sync/charge port, an‚Ķ
| Read more »Ricky Bloomfield has released a major update to G-Whizz, his integrated Google Mobile App browser for iOS devices. G-Whizz 1.3 introduces support for Fast App Switching on multitasking-capable iOS 4 devices and full Retina Display support for the iPhone 4. Tabs for Facebook and Twitter mobile apps are now also‚Ķ
| Read more »Earlier today, Apple announced that the Wi-Fi enabled iPad will be available to customers in China via Apple Stores and authorized resellers on September 17th at 10:00 AM. Let the line ups begin!
As we saw in the US and elsewhere, Apple Store employees will offer a free setup service to anyone who buys an iPad in an Apple Store on launch day. This includes email setup, finding apps and so on. You know, the kind of stuff your relatives are always asking you to do.
iPad Wi-Fi pricing in China will be as follows: CNY3988 (US$590 as of this writing) for 16GB, CNY4788 ($710) for 32GB and CNY5588 for 64GB ($830).
You'll remember last month when the iPad received the China Compulsory Certification from the China Quality Certification Center, the first official stamp of approval it needed before being OK'd for sale. Apple had trouble bringing the iPhone to the Chinese market, when wireless...
| Read more »As if the impending launch of a revamped $99 Apple TV and Google TV this fall weren‚Äôt enough, the long-awaited D-Link Boxee Box has lurched out of hibernation with even more muscle, and you can finally get in line for one.
| Read more »County Comm and iLoveHandles have both unveiled a new watch band accessory for the sixth-generation iPod nano. County Comm‚Äôs iPod nano Watch Band is a 22mm Maratac Nylon band, featuring a traditional clasp closure. It is available in a variety of colors and‚Ķ
| Read more »This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here.The future of social media in journalism will see the death of social media. That is, all media as we know it today will become social, and feature a social component to one extent or another. After all, much of the web experience, particularly in the way we consume content, is becoming social and personalized.But more importantly, these social tools are inspiring readers to become citizen journalists by enabling them to easily publish and share information on a greater scale. The future journalist will be more embedded with the community than ever, and news outlets will build their newsrooms to focus on utilizing the community and enabling its members to be enrolled as correspondents. Bloggers will no longer be just bloggers, but be relied upon...
| Read more »The Deal Brothers found a deal on the¬†GN Jabra JX10 Bluetooth Earset for $29.99, including delivery.
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As my partner in crime here at TUAW, Kelly Guimont, will vouch, I have a bit of a bag addiction. It started back in the Newton MessagePad days when I carried an Eagle Creek "man bag" complete with Newton, folding keyboard, and other accessories. It got worse when I started using laptop cases, since that pointed me in the direction of Tom Bihn's line of awesome bags. With the advent of the iPad, I've been trying my best to avoid buying a bag -- in fact, I should be getting a DODOcase today or tomorrow.
So what happened? The folks at Booq sent me a Boa push for iPad. Now, Booq bags are ...
| Read more »The head of Nokia's smartphone business announced Monday that he will leave the company, a revelation that came just days after the company's chief executive announced he would resign, as the Finnish handset maker struggles to compete with Apple's iPhone.
CEO Paul Otellini kicked off the company's annual IDF conference by announcing that Intel is on track to ship a 22-nanometer processor in 2011.
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| Read more »Here's an interesting bit of data from Marco Arment. He created a script to find the most commonly-used words in 1-star and 5-star App Store reviews. His script scanned the top 100 apps in every category, ignoring duplicates. Here's what he found.
The most frequently-used words in 5-star app reviews were:
An interesting list. As Marco points out, note that "simple" is included. Now consider the minor stir* that...
| Read more »Boxee announced on Monday that the D-Link Boxee Box set-top box is now available for pre-order, arriving in November at a cost of $200.
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With the addition of the Safari Extensions Gallery to Apple's website, TUAW is highlighting extensions that we think are special, useful, or just plain fun.
Today's extension highlight is Add to Reader by Richard Käll. Like most of the extensions we've highlighted so far, it makes one aspect of online life easier. In this case, it's adding feeds to your Google Reader account. Instead of clicking a site's feed button and adding the address to Reader, you simply press the little toolbar button and presto! You're done.
You're still bumped away from the page you're reading, which is unfortunate. I'd be happier if it worked in the background or by popping up and then closing a separate window the way the Instapaper bookmarklet does, but I still like it.
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| Read more »The general consensus following the release of the BlackBerry Torch in the tech journalism sphere was that RIM had failed to put out a competitor to the iPhone and Android smartphones, and had therefore failed. Since we‚Äôre never really about swimming with the other salmon here on Techi, I decided to hold a very unscientific poll of a few friends and colleagues who were already BlackBerry users to see if they agreed with the pundits.
| Read more »Trying to close a chapter on the "Antennagate" controversy, Apple will stop giving away free iPhone 4 bumpers at the end of the month.
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Apple has used Infineon baseband chipsets in all its iPhone models as well as the current iPad. A new report from China's Commercial Times (Google translation), however, suggests Apple will drop Infineon in favor of Qualcomm for the fifth-generation iPhone hardware.
Intel has tried to get a piece of the iPhone pie since the device was released, suggesting that its Atom platform was better suited for smartphones than ARM. However, Apple has traditionally favored its own...
| Read more »The new Apple iPod nano has a lot of features despite its small size. While the camera and video functions are gone, this iPod is focused on features that are essential for a device of this size. Moreover, it‚Äôs a dazzling jewel of a device, intended to be worn and seen.
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Former Apple global supply manager Paul Devine, who was recently arrested and accused of accepting kickback payments from iPod and iPhone accessory suppliers, has agreed to a court order protecting Apple trade secrets. Bloomberg reports that the protective order covers documents, tapes, diskettes, hard drives or other media…
| Read more »Apple is moving fast to get the iPad into the world‚Äôs most populous country on Friday, only months after...
| Read more »To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the OS X Public Beta's debut, Macworld's editors pick the OS X features that have had the biggest impact on the Mac platform. Does our list match yours?
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PLX Devices has introduced its new XWave accessory for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Based on the same technology used in Mattel’s MindFlex and Uncle Milton’s The Force Trainer, the headphone port-connecting XWave uses a small sensor placed on the user’s forehead to monitor brain activity via the…
| Read more »A new announcement from ARM sheds fresh detail on where the semiconductor industry is headed in the next few years. Say hello to the next-generation ARM core, the ARM Cortex-A15. Unlike the ARM-A5 architecture, ARM-15 is aimed squarely at higher-end markets for tablet devices etc.
| Read more »Although fewer college students are buying new computers this year as a rule, Macs continue to grow in their proportional representation.
| Read more »CBS announced Monday the release of CBS News for iPad. As the name suggests, the app that delivers the media giant‚Äôs news content to Apple‚Äôs tablet juggernaut. The app includes access to written news, video reports, and a photo gallery.
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It doesn't give me any pleasure in saying this, but the evidence is overwhelming that Linux is not huge on the desktop, despite new figures showing it now commands 10% of the market.
| Read more »There‚Äôs no doubt that the Amazon Kindle is one popular and terrific reading device. And in many ways, the Apple iPad isn‚Äôt so bad either.
| Read more »I've been following actor, all around wit, and Apple enthusiast Stephen Fry's career since I saw him play the wonderfully droll and brilliant butler, Jeeves in the English TV series Jeeves and Wooster back in the early 90's. Hugh Laurie, probably better known as Dr. House, played Bertie Wooster over the four seasons of tales from the P.G. Wodehouse's books. Since (and before) then he's done an amazing amount of work, from appearing in V for Vendetta to narrating the English versions of the Harry Potter Audiobooks books.
The second volume of his autobiography entitled:...
| Read more »iPods and the iOS 4.1 operating system for iPhones and iPod touches, complete with plenty of new details that were easy to miss as they were flying through the air. So if you might have missed them, here are links to all of our‚Ķ
| Read more »Incipio introduced its new Linq wristband case for Apple‚Äôs freshly updated iPod nano on Monday. The watchband-style strap includes a protective shell for the nano that leaves the touch surface exposed along with the headphone jack.
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CBS has launched an iPad-native version of its CBS News app at the App Store. Users can access text and video content by navigating through a variety of categories, such as the top national and international news, or crime, health and science/technology stories. The app also provides access to clips and episodes from several TV shows, including 60 Minutes, the CBS Evening News and Face the Nation....
Casio has now brought two point and shoot Exilim cameras it first introduced at the start of August to North America. The Card EX-S200 and Zoom EX-Z800 share Exilim Engine 5.0 and have 14.1-megapixel sensors as well as the ability to record 720p HD videos. The 27mm wide angle lenses on either have 4X optical zoom....
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| Read more »CBS News has launched an official CBS News app for the iPad. The new app delivers the latest news stories and video and photo galleries from the complete roster of CBS News broadcasts, including videos from The Early Show, 48 Hours Mystery, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Sunday Morning,‚Ķ
| Read more »Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan 25 years ago today on the Famicom, the Japanese version of what Americans call the Nintendo Entertainment System. Since then, Mario has become one of the most iconic characters and entertainment brands in the world. Mario had previously appeared in the arcade games Donkey Kong and Mario Bros., but it was Super Mario Bros. that propelled the Italian plumber to icon status and contributed significantly to making video games commonplace in homes around the world and reversing the video game crash of the early 80s.The game was bundled with the Nintendo Entertainment System in the U.S., and its tough to say whether it was successful because of the NES or vice versa, but either way, Super Mario Bros. has sold more than 40 million copies over the past 25 years. In fact, it was the best-selling video game of all time until just recently. That title now belongs to Wii Sports, the game bundled with the Nintendo Wii.To celebrate the 25th Anniversary,...
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Editor's note
September 13, 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the Mac OS X Public Beta. To mark the occasion, we're running John Siracusa's review of the public beta that originally ran on October 15, 2000. Enjoy the trip down memory lane!
If you're looking for some analysis and historical context, check out "Here's to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X reviews," published in January of this year. John hits the Public Beta on page 4.
What is Mac OS X Public Beta?
Let's disassemble the product name "Mac OS X Public Beta." First,
Mac OS X (yes, still pronounced "ten," not "ex") is the name of
Apple's upcoming next generation...
Apple will launch Wi-Fi iPads in China on Friday, September 17 with free Personal Setup service and workshops at Apple Stores.
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The addition of high dynamic range photos to the iPhone 4 via the iOS 4.1 software update may have come from the purchase of Imsense Ltd., a company that creates software to improve the quality of digital photos.
Calling all wannabe designers with a bright green idea: Sony has today officially launched its Open Planet Ideas initiative and is inviting proposals for how the company's products could be repurposed to tackle environmental problems.
| Read more »The success of the iPods, iPhone and iPad have been a boon for Apple and accessory makers. Shortly after each product's introduction, a small but highly competitive cottage industry of cases, sleeves, stands and so on emerges. Now, the new iPod nano's unique design has many manufacturers thinking the same thing: wristwatch.
The nano is small, light, square-ish and features a touch screen. When popped into a strap accessory like the Linq by Incipio, it looks good! The Linq will be available in five colors when released (grey, black, pink, blue and white), though a release date and pricing information are unavailable as of this writing.
It looks nice and the iPod seems well-protected, but I wouldn't want a wire...
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| Read more »Although fewer college students are buying new computers this year as a rule, Macs continue to grow in their proportional representation, claims Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst. Only a little over 20 percent of 212 polled students say they bought a new computer in the last three months, as compared to over 30 percent in 2009, 40 percent in 2008 and nearly 70 percent in 2007. Mac share has meanwhile risen to 38 percent, from 32 percent in 2009, 29 percent in 2008 and 14 percent in 2007. Apple is now tied with Dell, and doing better than HP's 13 percent...
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Intel as expected used its Developer Forum keynote to detail Sandy Bridge, the architecture behind what Intel now calls its second generation of Core chips. The 32 nanometer chips use a new ring architecture that moves the graphics on to the chip itself and gives them to share cache with the core on virtually equal terms. The change and other optimizations should give it performance much closer to dedicated video and may finally make it suitable for regular gaming....
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| Read more »I‚Äôm a fan of the Kindle, I really am. With books on the whole going by the wayside, the Kindle is the closest I and my ilk will be able to get to a traditional reading experience over the next few decades. But that‚Äôs okay ‚Äì that e-ink screen is just the cat‚Äôs ass once you use it IRL for the first time. Never change, Kindle. You‚Äôre just what you need to be.
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This is Amazon's new Kindle ad, which showed up just today on Good Morning America. Argue all you will over its direct attack on the iPad's glare-plagued LCD display. I'm more worried about the maniacal cackling at the end. UPDATED:
There are a few possible explanations: maybe it's dubbed in! Maybe it's supposed to be some clever sound effect that just happens to resemble an evil overlord! Maybe it's a warning about what'll happen if we don't all run out and buy...
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